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Trial reportJournal of autism and developmental disorders2017

Verbal, Visual, and Intermediary Support for Child Witnesses with Autism During Investigative Interviews.

Lucy A Henry, Laura Crane, Gilly Nash, Zoe Hobson, Mimi Kirke-Smith, Rachel Wilcock

Open access · hybridAbstract readRandomized Controlled Trial
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Trial report in Journal of autism and developmental disorders, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 11 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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11citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
3.0field-weighted citation impact, top 8% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

11 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 45 citations in OpenAlex.

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  4. Mock juror perceptions of an adult autistic witness: effect of diagnostic label and witness intermediary presence.Psychiatry, psychology, and law : an interdisciplinary journal of the Australian and New Zealand Association of Psychiatry, Psychology and Law · 2026
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  5. Forensic interviews conducted with autistic adults in Japan: a review of the literature and directions for future research.Psychiatry, psychology, and law : an interdisciplinary journal of the Australian and New Zealand Association of Psychiatry, Psychology and Law · 2024
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 4 institutions in 2 countries.

Lucy A HenryDivision and Language and Communication Science, City, University of London, 10 Northampton Square, London, EC1V 0HB, UK. Lucy.Henry.1@city.ac.uk.ORCID 0000-0001-5422-4358
Laura CraneDivision and Language and Communication Science, City, University of London, 10 Northampton Square, London, EC1V 0HB, UK.
Gilly NashDivision and Language and Communication Science, City, University of London, 10 Northampton Square, London, EC1V 0HB, UK.
Zoe HobsonDivision and Language and Communication Science, City, University of London, 10 Northampton Square, London, EC1V 0HB, UK.
Mimi Kirke-SmithDivision and Language and Communication Science, City, University of London, 10 Northampton Square, London, EC1V 0HB, UK.
Rachel WilcockDepartment of Psychology, University of Winchester, Winchester, SO22 4NR, UK.
City, University of London · GBMetropolitan Police Service · GBNorthampton Community College · USUniversity of Winchester · GB

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Three promising investigative interview interventions were assessed in 270 children (age 6-11 years): 71 with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and 199 who were typically developing (TD). Children received 'Verbal Labels', 'Sketch Reinstatement of Context' or 'Registered Intermediary' interviews designed to improve interview performance without decreasing accuracy. Children with ASD showed no increases in the number of correct details recalled for any of the three interview types (compared to a Best-Practice police interview), whereas TD children showed significant improvements in the Registered Intermediary and Verbal Labels interviews. Findings suggested that children with ASD can perform as well as TD children in certain types of investigative interviews, but some expected benefits (e.g., of Registered Intermediaries) were not apparent in this study.

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Mental RecallAutistic DisorderChildFemaleHumansMalePsychology, AppliedSurveys and QuestionnairesAutismEyewitness memoryInvestigative interviewsRegistered intermediariesSketch reinstatement of contextVerbal labels

Identifiers

PMID28502038
PMCPMC5509826
OpenAlexW2613543646

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